These 41 popular apps that Indians use are Chinese malware spying on us for Beijing's benefit: Government

There are as many as 41 Chinese apps which the Indian Army and government have asked the troops to stop using.

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Once again, Indian intelligence agencies, along with the Indian Army, has announced a list of Chinese apps that have been marked dangerous as they reportedly are either Chinese spyware of some other malicious ware. According to the report, there are as many as 41 iOS/Android apps made by Chinese developers or have Chinese links which carry the potential of carrying out cyber-attacks against the country as they are said to be sending the user’s data back to the servers in China.

The list of Chinese spyware apps comes just three months after the Indian Army issued a warning, cautioning troops against the dangers of some instant messaging apps as well as social media. In particular, the Army has given a warning to all its officers to cease using these 41 apps, especially WhatsApp, as the Chinese spyware is reportedly extracting information from WhatsApp groups after gaining access from the malicious ware of other apps.

Compiled with inputs from Indian intelligence agencies such as the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) as well as the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), here is the list of 41 Chinese apps which the agencies believe are Chinese spyware.

Weibo

WeChat

SHAREit

UC News

UC Browser

BeautyPlus

NewsDog

VivaVideo- QU Video Inc

Parallel Space

APUS Browser

Perfect Corp

Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)

CM Browser

Mi Community

DU recorder

Vault-Hide

YouCam Makeup

Mi Store

CacheClear DU apps studio

DU Battery Saver

DU Cleaner

DU Privacy

360 Security

DU Browser

Clean Master - Cheetah Mobile

Baidu Translate

Baidu Map

Wonder Camera

ES File Explorer

Photo Wonder

QQ International

QQ Music

QQ Mail

QQ Player

QQ NewsFeed

WeSync

QQ Security Centre

SelfieCity

Mail Master

Mi Video call-Xiaomi

QQ Launcher

The Additional Directorate General of Public Interface, in a tweet from its official handle @adgpi, has warned that WhatsApp is becoming a new tool of hacking for Chinese army and last year too, the Indian Army had warned soldiers who were posted along the Line of Actual Control against using a host of such apps.

These 41 popular apps that Indians use are Chinese malware spying on us for Beijing's benefit: GovernmentDescription:There are as many as 41 Chinese apps which the Indian Army and government have asked the troops to stop using.Times Now